1924 Penn Quakers football team American college football season
The 1924 Penn Quakers football team represented the University of Pennsylvania in the 1924 college football season . The team was finished with a 9–1–1 record and was retroactively named as the 1924 national champion by Parke H. Davis .[ 1] They outscored their opponents 203 to 31.[ 2]
Schedule
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 27 Ursinus W 34–032,000 [ 3]
October 1 Drexel Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 52–010,000 [ 4]
October 4 Franklin & Marshall Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 26–040,000 [ 5]
October 11 Swarthmore Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 25–740,000 [ 6]
October 18 Columbia Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 10–745,000 [ 7]
October 25 Virginia Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 27–030,000 [ 8]
November 1 Lafayette Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 6–354,000 [ 9]
November 8 Georgetown Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA W 3–034,000 [ 10]
November 15 Penn State Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA T 0–052,000 [ 11]
November 27 Cornell Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry ) W 20–056,000 [ 12]
January 1, 1925 at California L 0–1460,000 [ 13]
References
^ National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF) . NCAA Division I Football Records . NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 8, 2016 .
^ 1924 University of Pennsylvania football scores and results Archived October 9, 2013, at the Wayback Machine . College Football Data Warehouse . Retrieved on October 8, 2013.
^ "Penn grid warriors open season with victory over fighting Ursinus foes" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . September 28, 1924. Retrieved October 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Penn overwhelms Drexel Institute" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . October 2, 1924. Retrieved October 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Blue and White holds Penn to 26 to 0 score" . Sunday News . October 5, 1924. Retrieved October 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Big Quakers roll over Garnet, 25–7" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . October 12, 1924. Retrieved October 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "U. of P. halts Columbia's winning streak; 10 to 7, in sensational struggle" . The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . October 19, 1924. Retrieved October 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Quakers prove too much for Virginia" . Daily Press . October 26, 1924. Retrieved October 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Penn defeats Lafayette in grim struggle" . The Pittsburgh Press . November 2, 1924. Retrieved October 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Georgetown holds Penn to 3–0 score" . The Baltimore Sun . November 9, 1924. Retrieved October 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Quakers-Lions battle to scoreless tie" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . November 16, 1924. Retrieved October 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Pennsylvania triumphs oover Cornell eleven, 20 to 0" . The Buffalo News . November 28, 1924. Retrieved October 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Golden Bears triumph over Quakers, 14 to 0" . The San Francisco Examiner . January 2, 1925. Retrieved October 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
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